Universal cash-drawer register and rewito apparatus



sept. 15, 1925. A 1,553,563

' J. R. SHOWERS v v UNIVERSAL CASH DRAWER REGISTER ANDREWIND APPARATUSFiled Aug.A 1.71924 v 55 VICTOR Kou CL A. /1 K JosfP/v E .5mm/ms.

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Patented Sept. 15, 41925..

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JOSEPH-R. SHOWERS, OF SHLBYVILLE, INDIANA.

UNIVERSAL CASH-DRAWER REGISTER AND REWIND APPARATUS.

Application filed August 1, 1924. Serial No. 729,476.

To all whom it may concern:

l Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. SHOWERS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Shelbyville, county of Shelby and State of indiana,have invented a certain new and useful Universal Cash-Drawer Registerand Rewind Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which" like numerals refer to like parts.,

This invention relates to. a cash drawer cabinet adapted to serve assupport or stand for any one of la numbe of standard commercialregisters otherwise known as adding machines and to a rewindattachment..

The chief object of the invention is to associate the drawer releasingmechanism and 'the rewind attachment with any one of a number of makesof a standard adding machine or register whereby one cash drawer outfitas a unit is readily adapted to any one standard adding machine.

The chief features of the invention consist in the completeadjustability of the drawer releasing mechanism and the rewind mechanismof a cabinet to any standard.

form of adding machine.

rihe full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of an adding machine, a cash drawercabinet .including a releasing mechanism and a rewlnd mechanism andsupport, parts being shown in section to show other parts in detail.Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the saine. Fig. 3 is a top planview of the rewlnd mechanism, parts being shown in section to illustrateother parts in detail.

in the drawings l indicates a cabinet containing a compartment` l1miaptedA to re' ceive a cash drawer l2. Said cash drawer supports aspring 13, seatable when incompressed relation in a bearing plate 14secured tothe cabinet. The top of the cabinet is herein indicated by thenumeral 15 and is apertured as indicated at i6. A lever pivotaliysupported at l?, has an oiiset portion 18 and a drawer engaging portion19. When the lever is tripped the drawer 12 is released from the lockingportion 19 and under the iniluence of s rin i3 is projected outwardly. Asuita le ell mechanism` may also be adapted to be rung when the draweris released.

v In Fig. 1 there is illustrated one form of a Burroughs adding machineor register. Herein the same is indicated by the numeral 20. Thismachine carries a shaft 2l associated with which is exteriorlypositioned an actuating arm 22 terminating in a handle if desired. Theactuating mechanism herein disclosed is adapted to engage a lateralmember 23, carried by an arm 24 radially adjustable uponl a bracket 25in turn longitudinally adjustable upon the slotted portion26 of thelever previously described. By means of the securing member 27, the arm24 may be adjusted not only radially but also angularly to the bracket25 and in the plane including the same. All of said parts are securedtogether in rigid but adjusted relation so that whenA the handle 22 isin the lower-most position as shown in i Fig. 1 theA lever is depressed,which permits the drawer to be released and opened by the spring., Asuitable end bracket 28 is adapted to enclose the free end of theslotted extension 26 and limit the latching movement of the lever.

As shown clearly in Fig. l by thel dotted 'Y lines the arm 24 may bereadily and rigidlyv adjusted to the exterior operating member or handleof substantially all of the present commercial types of adding machines,provided, however, that the iadding machine is positioned so that theexterior operating member or handle lies "in substantially the sameplane as the lateral portion 23 so that said portion may be engaged bysaid exterior operating member. Thus the cabinet l0 must be of aconsiderable width so as to accommodate the severai adding machineswhich vary in width.

Heretofore rewind apparatus has been'utilized for rewind purposes inspecific instances and in some instances has been -constructed so as tobe readily attachable to or detachable from a specic register or. addingmachine such as a short-hand machine and the dike. Heretofore, however,there has vnever been a rewind attachment universally adjustable to anyone of substantially all of the commercial types land makes of addingmachines or registers whether having the standard or extra widthplatens.

' One advanta e of the rewind device independent of t e adjustabilityherein disenables the operator of the adding machine to keep an itemizedrecord of the days sales as well as a totalized record of each sale.Thru the use of carbon paper or carbonbacked multiple rolls the recordof each sale may be supplied to the customer and the other or carbonrecord retained byv the rewind. The resultant construction, therefore,is a complete transformation of substantially any one of the presentcommercial types or makes of adding machines into a recording cashregister at a relatively low cost. The inventionherein disclosed,therefore, permits the present owners of adding machines to securerecording cash register service therefrom at a nominal cost and alsobrings the cash register into direct competition with the recording andnon-recording adding machines.

As shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2 the cabinet 10 supports a pair ofbolts 30 and a U-shaped bracket 31 having the connecting portion 32,shown provided with a pair of aligned elongated slots 33. These slotsare adapted to receive the bolts 30 and by means of the wing nuts 31said bracket can be adjusted with respect to the cabinet 10 and theregister.

The U-shaped standard 31 is provided with two transverse connectingportions 34 and 35. Upon each of the standards there is slidably mounted'a bracket 36 having the grooves 37 therein adapted to receive thestandard 31. Near the top of each of the standards there is mounted ascrew bolt 137 and associated therewith is a washer 33 and a wing nut39. The bracket 36 also carries a screw bolt 40 with which is associateda washer 41 and a wing nut 42.

As shown most clearly in 'Fi 1 an L- shaped bar 43 includes an L-s apedslot 44 lhaving an arcuate or curved portion 45 intermediate the angularportions of the slots and connecting the same. The continuous slot 44-45is of suiicient width to receive the bolts 137 and 40 as shown in theaforementioned figures. Therefore, when the wing nuts 42 and 39 arereleased the bracket 36 may be slid longitudinally upon the standard 31and at the same time the angular member or extension 43 can be adjustedsubstantially universally about the stationary pivot 37 thru the twolefthand quadrants, reference being had to Fig. 1.

The free 4end of the angular portion of the member 43 is provided withan opening 46 and axially slidable and rotatively supported in saidbearing is a shaft 47. It will be understood (see Figs. 2 and 3) that apair of angular members 43 are rovided and thus the shaft 47 is supportein two bearings. The shaft 47 carries upon one end a hand or thumb wheel43. The shaft 47 carries suitable mechanism for receiving the paperremoved from the roll 49' upon the register 2O and is adapted to rewindthe dis charge paper therefrom.

As shown clearly in Fig. 1 the several circles indicate the paper rollpositions in the several makes of commercial adding machines orregisters. Other circles suitably legended indicate suggested rewindpositions. Herein a Burroughs register is illustrated and to show thatthe suggested re- .sired rewind mechanism, however, may be substitutedin the broader features of the invention for that hereinafter described.A sleeve 50 carries a pair of plates 51, which act as guides for thepaper rewound in rollL formation upon sleeve 50. The sleeve 50 isextended at 52 and a set screw or other means 53 is adapted toadju-stably position the rewind roll support upon rewind shaft 47 andlongitudinal thereof and connects said roll support and shaft togetherfor simultaneous operation. Adjacent the opposite end of the sleeve 50there is shown a clutch face 54 rigidly but adjustably secured to theshaft 47, and a complementary clutch 55 is rotatively mounted upon theshaft 47. The clutch member 55 also carries a sprocket wheel 56 and saidsprocket wheel 56 carries a sprocket chain 57 that is adapted to meshwith a similar sprocket wheel not shown but mounted upon the platenshaft of the register or adding machine. A Spring 157 is concentric withthe shaft 47 and ybears upon the sprocket wheel 56 and the tension ofthis spring is adjusted by means of the collar 58 secured to the shaft.

By the foregoing construction it will be understood that the position ofthe gearing or drive may be longitudinally adjusted with respect to theshaft 47 so as to be in alignment with the sprocket wheel mounted uponthe platen shaft or upon a stub shaft associated with a platen shaft. Insome machines the sprocket wheel 56 is positioned to the right of therewind roll and for other machines it is positioned to the left, whilein still other machines it is positioned out beyond that portion of theshaft supported between the two bearings. It also may be necessary tomount the rewind roll at either end of the rewind shaft instead ofintermedia-te the standards. Complete adjustability so far aspositioning is concerned is secured which will readily adapt the rewindmechanism herein described to any width ofA carriage or platen and anyavailable posin tion of the platen supported sprocket and the onlyavailable osition isdeterminuble by the addin mac ine position,determinabie initially iy the cooperation' of arm 22 with lateralextension 2&2l oi the cash drawer releasing mechanism. l

The invention claimed is: i'

1.' The combination of a support for a standard register, comprising ecabinet including a register' position deterinnin.

mechanism, and a rewind device support supported by said cabinet andreiativeiy ad justable to the register 'positioned upon said cabinet foroperatively associating e rewind device with the cebinet-supported,predetermined-positioned register.

2. A device of the character dened by.

claim 1 characterizedby .the register position determining mechanismbeingl reletiveiy ixed and the rewind device support being` adjustableupon said cabinet. v y 3. A device ci theI character Vdefined by .claim1 characterized by the rewind device support adustebiy supporting arewind mechanism.

4. -A device oi the character defined by cleim i characterized by theregister position determining mechanism being ,relatively xed and therewind device support beingI adjustable upon seid cabinet and inaddition edjustably supporting the rewind mechanism later'ai to tileedjusteblemountingoi the rewind device support upon tbe'cabmet.

iin witness whereof, I huve hereunto afxed my signature,

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